The time is not coming, but rather is at hand for us as a people
to stand up and take control of our own destiny. Gone are the days when
we have looked to the Politicians / Political Parties or the Foreign
Investors to determine whether we live a good prosperous life or not.
As Bahamians, don’t you think that we have sang the “who did me wrong” song long enough?
We’re very proficient at blaming others for our refusal to be
proactive. It’s like as a people; our get up and go, has gotten up and
left us a long time ago. Therefore we’ve resorted to looking too and
solely depending upon others to carry our load. This is one of the
reasons why when a foreign investor closes his / her business and pulls
out of the country; cries can be heard throughout the length and breath
of the Bahamas of “How am I suppose to feed my family or pay my bills?”
or “I’ve worked for this company for twenty two years, and this is all
that they’ve given me”
Where did we go wrong as a nation? How is it that in this day and time Bahamians are still being trained to:
1. Go to school, get a good education
2. Get a good job and
3.
Buy piece a property, build a house; and ?????????????? What’s Next?
After number 3, comes 4,5,6, etc, etc; what’s next? Who have taken the
time to teach us of how to make money work for us; rather than we’re
working all of our lives for money?
Maybe it’s just me; but has anybody else notice that we do have
some smart kids coming out of our schools with degrees, yet they have
to settle for the insulting low paying jobs; that’s if they’re lucky to
find one. What is this saying to the hundreds / thousands of other
students that are following these graduates and others?
Make no mistake! Bahamians are very smart people, a seriously
minded Bahamian needs only an opportunity / a hand up; and not a hand
out. If given an opportunity and a little time this person would be
someone to reckoned with nationally or internationally.
Unfortunately,
as a people we’ve spent so much time complaining and crying in that we
have overlooked and failed to embrace and see the opportunities ahead
of us; which is often hidden in the situations / challenges we’re faced
with.
In spite of what you might of heard the original acronym for the word POOR is:
P - People
O - Overlooking
O - Opportunity
R - Repeatedly
In many ways the acronym for the word poor describes a vast
majority of us Bahamians; we’ve been constantly overlooking
opportunities and staying forcus on tourism as if, without tourism
we’re dead as a nation.
This mind-set, this stinking thinking is so diabolically
contaminating in that I’ve heard prominent leaders (Political &
Religious), make their silly statements and remarks of “If America
closes its door of tourism to us; we’re through”
Listen, you dumb / blind politicians and religious leaders who
ascribe to this kind of foolish thinking and can’t see beyond your big
toes. It’s obvious that America and tourism is your god; so rather than
speaking from your rear ends, why don’t you SHUT the HELL up, and get
out of the way so that some critical thinkers can come forth and help
lead this nation down the path of God’s (Yahweh) Kingdom business and
righteousness.
From an educational stand point, I won’t condemn or blame the
Minister of Education and the Minister of Agriculture for that which
they don’t know; as it relates to educating the generations to come
from a feeding ourselves perspective. It‘s obvious that they’re not
aware of the unlimited wealth that can be generated in agriculture; for
had they known this, then I can assure you that their ancient approach
to agricultural education would be FAR, FAR different.
Okay, Ministers of Education & Agriculture; we’re talking
about thinking out of the box and preparing our children to feed the
nation and becoming wealthy in the course of doing so. Rather than this
small minded / waste of time back yard farming stuff you’ll talking
about.
Why not develop a national program whereby interested
students would be given an opportunity to spend five - six months on a
large scale farming operation throughout the United States? Thereby
giving them a much better perspective and appreciation for agriculture
and farming than that of what you’re offering right now.
Watch this!
Here’s what the lack of vision and ignorance of a
Leader or Minister would say “We can’t afford that kind of investment
right now. Do you know how expensive such a program would be?”
And here’s what vision would say “How in the Hell, did you get to become Leader or Minister over anything?
For this is where we’ve gone and is going wrong in this country by
putting one dimensional, visionless people in leadership. Are we ready
for the next level?
For questions or comments contact us via E-mail: pastormallen@yahoo.com or Ph.1-242-441-2021
Pastors Matthew & Brendalee Allen
Kingdom Minded Fellowship C
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